The National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yabagi Dani, has criticized the assumption of the role of the Minister of Petroleum Resources by President Bola Tinubu.
Sani, a guest on Thursday’s Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Channels Television, argues that the poor management of the oil and gas sector has already had negative consequences for the economy, and feels that the president taking the responsibility may not yield positive results.
In recent times, Nigerian Presidents usually take up the position of Minister of Petroleum Resources.
Former President Buhari held the position and there are indications that Tinubu would toe the same line as he did not name any substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources in the list of ministerial portfolios released on Wednesday.
Sani said, “I believe that that ministry (Petroleum Resources) is too important for the President to take as another responsibility for himself if that is the intention. The reason is that we have seen the kind of drawbacks we have had in the economy itself as a result of the lack of proper management of that industry (oil and gas sector).
“The President that is already more than occupied now is taking the ministry that he is going to supervise it himself. I am sure we may not see the result of what we want.
“What we want in that industry is for corruption to be chased out as quickly as we can.”
